International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 384-386 , April 2010

Glucocorticoids reduce nitric oxide concentration in middle ear effusion from lipopolysaccharide induced otitis media

  • Charles Pudrith

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, United States
    • ,
  • Dusan Martin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, United States
    • ,
  • You Hyun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, United States
    • ,
  • Patrick Jahng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, United States
    • ,
  • Biblia Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, United States
    • ,
  • Michael Wall

      Affiliations

    • Alcon Research, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX, United States
    • ,
  • Timothy Jung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 951 544 5383; fax: +1 909 796 4200.

Received 4 November 2009 ,Revised 8 January 2010 ,Accepted 12 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.01.008

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 384-386 , April 2010

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